CVE-2024-6750: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in WPWeb Social Auto Poster
The Social Auto Poster plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access, modification, and loss of data due to a missing capability check on multiple functions in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.14. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to add, modify, or delete post meta and plugin options.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The Social Auto Poster plugin for WordPress suffers from a missing capability check (CWE-862) in multiple functions, which permits unauthenticated users to perform unauthorized actions such as adding, modifying, or deleting post meta and plugin options. This vulnerability affects all versions up to 5.3.14 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.3, indicating a high severity due to network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows unauthenticated attackers to manipulate post metadata and plugin configuration options, potentially leading to unauthorized data modification and loss. This compromises the integrity and availability of the affected WordPress site’s content and plugin settings.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, restrict access to the plugin and monitor for suspicious activity related to post meta and plugin options. Avoid using affected versions of the Social Auto Poster plugin if possible.
CVE-2024-6750: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in WPWeb Social Auto Poster
Description
The Social Auto Poster plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access, modification, and loss of data due to a missing capability check on multiple functions in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.14. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to add, modify, or delete post meta and plugin options.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The Social Auto Poster plugin for WordPress suffers from a missing capability check (CWE-862) in multiple functions, which permits unauthenticated users to perform unauthorized actions such as adding, modifying, or deleting post meta and plugin options. This vulnerability affects all versions up to 5.3.14 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.3, indicating a high severity due to network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows unauthenticated attackers to manipulate post metadata and plugin configuration options, potentially leading to unauthorized data modification and loss. This compromises the integrity and availability of the affected WordPress site’s content and plugin settings.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, restrict access to the plugin and monitor for suspicious activity related to post meta and plugin options. Avoid using affected versions of the Social Auto Poster plugin if possible.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2024-07-15T13:00:22.715Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 699f6c0ab7ef31ef0b55f4c9
Added to database: 2/25/2026, 9:39:22 PM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 2:59:40 PM
Last updated: 4/12/2026, 7:55:48 AM
Views: 8
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